Criminal Minds
Season 1, Episode 13
Air date	January 18, 2006
Written by	Aaron Zelman
Directed by	Thomas J. Wright
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"Poison" is the thirteenth episode of Season One of Criminal Minds.

Summary Edit

The team travels to New Jersey where several people have been poisoned (one fatally) with LSD ten times more potent than the street version. They realize that it was only a test run and that the unsub is planning a larger attack.

Guest Cast Edit

• Lynn Odell - Lynn Dempsey
• James Bartz - Brian Devons
• Amy Wieczorek - Janice
• Nick Jameson - Edward Hill
• Fred Ochs - Doctor
• Sonia Jackson - Head Nurse
• Bill Doyle - Uniform Officer
• Jayne Taini - Nell Trucco
• P. David Miller - Trooper
• James Howell - Desk Sergeant
• Suzanne Whang - Reporter Suzanne Wang (herself)
• Annie Quinn - Samantha DiForio
• Matt Baker - Danny Wallace
• Nestor Serrano - Detective Hanover
• Braedon Lemasters - Eric Fisher
• Peter MacKenzie - Jack Fisher

Referenced Criminals Edit

• The Tylenol Killer

Music Edit

• "Club Foot" by Kasabian
• "Don't Go Tellin' The Whole World" by Gus Black

Bookend Quotes Edit

• Jason Gideon: Roman philosopher Lucretius said, "What is food to one, is to others bitter poison."
• Jason Gideon: Confucius warned us, "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves."

See Also Edit

• Episodes